Photo: Sweet-and-Sour Thai Fish Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked long-grain rice
- 4 shallots, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro, plus 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon tamarind paste, softened with 2 tablespoons water, (use 1 tablespoon lime juice if tamarind paste is not available)
- 1 anchovy fillet
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 3 cups clam juice
- 1 to 2 pounds white fish fillets (cod, halibut, or snapper), skinned and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
- 6 radishes, thinly sliced
- 1 cup snow peas
- 2 scallions, sliced
- 1/2 small cucumber, peeled, trimmed, seeded, and cut into thin julienne strips
Directions
In a large pot of salted, boiling water, cook rice until tender. Drain, set aside, and keep warm.
In a food processor or blender, combine shallots, garlic, chopped cilantro, ginger, tamarind paste, anchovy, and brown sugar and puree until smooth.
In a soup pot, combine puree, cayenne, fish sauce, and clam juice and bring to a boil. Add fish and let simmer for 5 minutes. Add rice and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove soup from the heat and stir in lettuce, radishes, and snow peas. Ladle soup into bowls and serve sprinkled with scallions, cilantro leaves, and cucumber.
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By anelson_5770271
Edina, MN
on October 01, 2010
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I think this is a below average recipe. Good heat level because of the cayenne, but flavor very bland and no depth of flavor. Won't make it again, and not worth trying to doctor up.
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